The quantum mechanics of race
Marcus Anthony Hunter · Ethnic and Racial Studies · 2025
Propelled by the forum's generative reviews, I explore key contours of Radical Reparations. I present race as a quantized concept organized by core principles of quantum mechanics. My discussion begins with an overview of the core principles of quantum mechanics, subsequently applying these principles to the concept of race. Through a comparative analysis of African Americans and Turkey's Greek Orthodox Minority, I demonstrate the enduring legacy of racialization and how it necessitates reparative justice. The rejoinder culminates by reminding and revising a foundational Du Bois insight to point to the reparations opportunity and power imagination provides.